2020: Building Holistic Resilience: Tokyo’s 2050 Strategy

Klimawandel und Ökologie
The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus Volume 18 | Issue 7 | Number 3 | Article ID 5386 | Apr 01, 2020
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Building Holistic Resilience: Tokyo’s 2050 Strategy

Andrew DeWit, Riyanti Djalante, Rajib Shaw

Abstract:
The paper examines Japan’s capital 
city of Tokyo’s “Zero Emission Tokyo Strategy.”
Our work shows that Tokyo’s strategy is particularly important in light of the 2030
Agenda’s emphasis on greenhouse-gas emissions reduction, equitable sustainability,
and building holistic resilience against all hazards. The data indicate that Tokyo’s
ambitions are built on a track record of global leadership in resource efficient water systems,
transit networks, and other critical infrastructure. Moreover, Tokyo is part of
Japan’s zero-emission communities, smart cities, all-hazard resilience, and other
multilevel and silo-breaking collaborative platforms. Our analysis also makes
recommendations for bolstering Tokyo’s strategy, to enhance co-benefits from
integrating climate change mitigation and adaptation, in addition to strengthening
pandemic response. 


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